Due to the weather, all Library branches will open at noon today. Central Library will open today at regular time - 10 a.m.

OverDrive ebook issues

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The Library's Website may experience brief outages

On Sunday, Dec. 11, from 4 a.m. to noon, the Library's website may experience brief intermittent outages due to scheduled server maintenance.

Library News Release

Release Date:
01/13/2014

The Seattle Public Library hosts 'West Seattle Story Weavers' workshops in February

Write a short story in three weeks with the help of local writers at the West Seattle Story Weavers workshop series at The Seattle Public Library, Southwest Branch, 9010 35th Ave. S.W.

The workshops are free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Free parking is available at the branch.